Aug 9, 2017

ASABE Publishes LED Lighting Standard

The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has published the first in a three-part series of standards relating to LED radiation measurements for plant growth and development.

ANSI/ASABE S640, Quantities and Units of Electromagnetic Radiation for Plants (Photosynthetic Organisms), sets the stage with definitions and descriptions of metrics for plant growth and development. The subsequent standards will focus on measurement and testing of LED products for plant growth and performance criteria for LED systems used in horticulture.

ASABE members with standards access and those with site-license privileges can access the full-text of the standard by electronic download in about six weeks. Location for the download is on the ASABE online Technical Library at: elibrary.asabe.org.

Others can obtain a copy for a fee directly from the library or by contacting ASABE headquarters at OrderStandard@asabe.org.